[SamAdams76]

I was in the military during the 1980s. I don’t remember ever being issued “sneakers.” If you wanted sneakers, you had to buy them yourself at the PX. Otherwise you did your running in combat boots.

[ABN 505]

Agreed!I was in during the late 60’s and 70’s, We always ran in our jump boots and we ran everywhere every day, I think this started when women started entering the service in large numbers and they found that they could not run in boots without a majority sustaining shin splints and foot problems, so they allowed them to run in athletic shoes and of course once the door opened they had to allow the men to run in sneakers too. Hate to say it but training has become feminized and that is not going to serve us well when the SHTF.

[ConservativeWarrior]

I was issued sneakers in AF basic in 93.

We wore them for PT, sometimes with PT short and tshirts, sometimes with full BDUs.

[Night Hides Not]

was in the military during the 1980s. I don’t remember ever being issued “sneakers.” If you wanted sneakers, you had to buy them yourself at the PX. Otherwise you did your running in combat boots.

IIRC, we started doing PT in sneakers in 1984, my last year on active duty. Up until then, my PT was done wearing my "comfortable" jump boots.